Atef Abu Saif, Jana Elhassan, Lina Huyan Elhassan, Shukri al-Mabkhout, Ahmed al-Madeeni and Hammour Ziada are the six authors shortlisted for the 2015 International Prize for Arabic Fiction. The shortlisted was revealed by a judging panel chaired by Palestinian poet and writer, Mourid Barghouti, at a press conference held at the Royal Mansour Hotel in Casablanca in partnership with the Moroccan Ministry of Culture and the Casablanca International Book Fair. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) has revealed its longlist of 16 novels in contention for the 2018 prize, including a novel soon to be published by independent UK publisher Oneworld. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Amazon has revealed a "diverse" six-strong shortlist for its first UK Kindle Storyteller Award, with finalists' books spanning genres from non-fiction and crime thriller to historical fiction and lesbian romance. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Francis Spufford's much-lauded Golden Hill (Faber) has gained yet another prize nod, this time on the six-strong shortlist for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award 2017 (£2,500). Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Paul Kalanithi’s "life-affirming" memoir When Breath Becomes Air (The Bodley Head) is one of the six-strong shortlist for this year's Wellcome Book Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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At a time when literary fiction has a chance to illuminate the struggles and needs of many, the leading Arabic fiction prize's shortlist makes the point. The post The International Prize for Arabic Fiction’s Shortlist: Strong on Issues appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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The Royal Society has revealed its six-strong shortlist for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2016, five of which are published by independent presses. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Shepherd James Rebanks is on the six-strong shortlist for the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Five writers on the six-strong shortlist for this year’s Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction – Rachel Cusk, Kamila Shamsie, Ali Smith, Anne Tyler and Sarah Waters – have all been shortlisted for the award before. The sixth novelist, Laline Paull, is shortlisted for her debut The Bees (Fourth... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Atef Abu Saif, Jana Elhassan, Lina Huyan Elhassan, Shukri al-Mabkhout, Ahmed al-Madeeni and Hammour Ziada are the six authors shortlisted for the 2015 International Prize for Arabic Fiction. The shortlisted was revealed by a judging panel chaired by Palestinian poet and writer, Mourid... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Oneworld has acquired Ahmed Saadawi’s Frankenstein in Baghdad, the winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF). Publisher Juliet Mabey acquired UK and Commonwealth, excluding Canada, first serial, audio and ebook rights from Rosy Locke at Andrew Nurnberg Associates. This will... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century has triumphed at the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Awards. Piketty's book, a nearly 700-page exploration of economic processes that concentrate wealth and build inequalities, was chosen as the winner of the £30,000... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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A "daring" novel which explores the plight of foreign workers in Gulf countries has won... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The shortlist for the 2012 International Prize for Arabic Fiction has been announced in a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Thu, 06/10/2011 - 08:45 Philip Roths tale of a polio epidemic has been shortlisted for the £25,000 Wellcome Trust Book Prize, with a six-strong shortlist that sees four novels in the running. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Jenny Roper Publication Date: Wed, 27/04/2011 - 08:58 Helen Dunmore's The Betrayal has made it onto the six-strong shortlist of the Orwell Prize for political writing, the first novel to be shortlisted since 2008. The list, whittled down from 213 titles by BBC Radio 4's Jim... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 15/02/2011 - 15:19 A Beautiful Mind author Sylvia Nasar and author of Sophie's World, Jostein Gaarder, are among the writers appearing at this year's Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. The fair runs from 15-20th March at the Abu Dhabi National... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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